“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ―
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ―
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ―
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” ―
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